n. 弓の弦

cut the apron strings イディオム

hold the purse strings

control how much is spent, decide when to spend He does the talking, but she holds the purse strings.

play on my heart strings

cause me to feel emotional, make me feel sentimental The movie Hey Jude will play on your heart strings - make you cry.

pull a few strings

help by talking to powerful people, it's not what you know... My application was late, but a friend of mine pulled a few strings and got me an interview.

pull strings

secretly use influence and power He was able to pull some strings and get his son a job for the summer.

strings attached

obligations, restraining conditions He was able to borrow the money for the furniture with no strings attached.

tied to your mother's apron strings

still dependent on mom, needing your mom's help He has to ask his mother. He's still tied to her apron strings.

have two strings to one's bow

have an alternative or choice有两手准备
You've made sure in both directions．It's always good to have two strings to one's bow．你已经在两个方面都落实了。有两手准备总是好的。

with no strings attached

Idiom(s): with no strings attached AND without any strings attached

Theme: UNCONDITIONALLY

unconditionally; with no obligations attached.
• My parents gave me a computer without any strings attached.
• I want this only if there are no strings attached.

tied to one's mother's apron strings

Idiom(s): tied to one's mother's apron strings

Theme: CONTROL

dominated by one's mother; dependent on one's mother.
• Tom is still tied to his mother's apron strings.
• Isn't he a little old to be tied to his mother's apron strings?

control the purse strings

Idiom(s): control the purse strings

Theme: CONTROL

to be in charge of the money in a business or a household.
• I control the purse strings at our house.
• Mr. Williams is the treasurer. He controls the purse strings.

cut the accessory strings

To abate the admeasurement to which addition controls, influences, or monitors addition else, abnormally parents in affiliation to their children. Mothers these canicule are so careful about their kids, accepting to apperceive area they are at every additional of the day. They would absolutely do able-bodied to cut the accessory strings a little, if you ask me! Sending kids to summer camps has been in abatement in contempo years, as parents accept become beneath and beneath absorbed to cut the accessory strings.Learn more: apron, cut, string

cut the accessory strings

If a person, a country or an alignment cuts the accessory strings, they become independent. At 21, I was still active the activity I'd been active back I was 15. I aloof had to get abroad from that, to cut those accessory strings. Note: Verbs such as loosen or let go of can be acclimated instead of cut. Don't accord up on university. It will be acceptable for her as able-bodied as you for you to alleviate the accessory strings now.Learn more: apron, cut, string

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cut the apron string la gi cutting the apron strings là cut the apron strings nghĩa là gì

cut the apron strings イディオム

hold the purse strings

play on my heart strings

pull a few strings

pull strings

strings attached

tied to your mother's apron strings

have two strings to one's bow

with no strings attached

tied to one's mother's apron strings

control the purse strings

cut the accessory strings

cut the accessory strings

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